China Imports 6.21 mln t of Ni Laterite in September
28/10/20 | Nickel
PPI Business News China Customs: China imported 6.21 mln t of nickel laterite in September, up by 2.46 mln t on-month but down by 880.5 kt on-year. China imported 27.26 mln t of nickel laterite during the first three quarters of 2020, down 29.95% y-o-y. Of this figure, 3.04 mln…
Winter Production Cut Policy: Limited Impact on Ni
19/10/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: The winter production policy in the Yangtze River Delta and Northern China has limited impact on the nickel industry overall, with almost no impact on the supply side. NPI smelters in eastern China may see a moderate increase in transportation costs. Some small-medium alloy-casting producers…
China – September Domestic NPI Output 46 kt
15/10/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 46 kt of NPI (in Ni metal) in September, up by 2.91% m-o-m but down by 12.74% y-o-y. China’s high-NPI output climbed by 3.67% m-o-m to 38.6 kt (in Ni metal) led by a combination of increased operations at some NPI smelters and new…
Liuzhou Steel: NPI Project Operational in Q4 2020
29/09/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News The NPI project of Guangxi Zhongjin Metal Technology, a stainless steel producer under the Guangxi Liuzhou Steel Group, is scheduled to come online in Q4 2020. Back by total investment of RMB5.6 bln, project construction began in January 2019. Upon completion, the project’s annual output will be 1.46…
China August Ni Laterite Imports at 3.75 mln t
29/09/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 3.75 mln t (WMT and DMT combined) of nickel laterite in August, down 23.6% m-o-m and down 37.5% y-o-y. Of this figure, laterite imports from the Philippines dropped by 23% on-month and 17.22% on-year to 3.38 mln t, as a result of rainy weather…
China August NPI Output: 44.7 kt
11/09/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 44.7 mln t NPI (in metal) in August up 3.42% m-o-m but down 15.88% y-o-y. China’s high NPI output was 37.4 kt in August up 3.67% m-o-m, and that of low-NPI was 7.4 kt, up 2.18% m-o-m. High NPI smelters resuming from maintenance in…
China Imports 4.9 mln t of Ni Laterite in July
27/08/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 4.9 mln t of nickel laterite in July, up 41.9% m-o-m but down 9.56% y-o-y. Of these imports the Philippines imports reached 4.39 mln t, up 42.9% m-o-m and up 18.1% y-o-y; there are 119.8 kt of Indonesian nickel laterites pending declaration at Chinese…
Zhenshi Group’s 1st NPI Shipment Underway to China
26/08/20 | Nickel
My Steel News 23rd August: The first shipment of Zhenshi Group’s JV Yashi NPI project in Indonesia is expected to arrive at Chinese ports in September. Phase I of the Yashi NPI project is located in the Weidabei Industrial Park, Indonesia. The project has four production lines and will be…
Energy China Gezhouba Wins Ni Laterite Project in Indonesia
20/08/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd (Energy China) Gezhouba Branch and Indonesia PT.OTI EYA ABADI Mining Co., Ltd. signed a contract for nickel laterite mining and transportation in Indonesia, worth USD160 mln. The project is located at Morowali County, in the central Sulawesi province, Indonesia. It…
